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  • Title: The effects of nifedipine and other calcium antagonists on the glibenclamide-sensitive K+ currents in smooth muscle cells from pig urethra.
    Author: Teramoto N, Brading AF.
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol; 1998 Apr; 123(8):1601-8. PubMed ID: 9605567.
    Abstract:
    1. The effects of nifedipine on both levcromakalim-induced membrane currents and unitary currents in pig proximal urethra were investigated by use of patch-clamp techniques (conventional whole-cell configuration and cell-attached patches). 2. Nifedipine had a voltage-dependent inhibitory effect on voltage-dependent Ba2+ currents at - 50 mV (Ki=30.6 nM). 3. In current-clamp mode, subsequent application of higher concentrations of nifedipine (> or =30 microM) caused a significant depolarization even after the membrane potential had been hyperpolarized to approximately -82 mV by application of 100 microM levcromakalim. 4. The 100 microM levcromakalim-induced inward current (symmetrical 140 mM K+ conditions, -50 mV) was inhibited by additional application of three different types of Ca antagonists (nifedipine, verapamil and diltiazem, all at 100 microM). In contrast, Bay K 8644 (1 microM) possessed no activating effect on the amplitude of this glibenclamide-sensitive current. 5. When 100 microM nifedipine was included in the pipette solution during conventional whole-cell recording at -50 mV, application of levcromakalim (100 microM) caused a significant inward membrane current which was suppressed by 5 microM glibenclamide. On the other hand, inclusion of 5 microM glibenclamide in the pipette solution prevented levcromakalim from inducing an inward membrane current. 6. The levcromakalim-induced K+ channel openings in cell-attached configuration were suppressed by subsequent application of 5 microM glibenclamide but not of 100 microM nifedipine. 7. These results suggest that in pig proximal urethra, nifedipine inhibits the glibenclamide-sensitive 43 pS K+ channel activity mainly through extracellular blocking actions on the K+ channel itself.
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